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Systems and methods for associating a mobile electronic device with a preexisting subscriber account

  • US 8,544,724 B2
  • Filed: 01/06/2012
  • Issued: 10/01/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computerized method for associating a mobile electronic device with a preexisting subscriber account, the method comprising:

  • capturing, by a mobile electronic device, a matrix barcode image presented on a display by a first device, the matrix barcode image encoded with first device identification data that identifies the first device, the first device identification data being associated with a preexisting subscriber account stored in a subscriber database;

    extracting, by the mobile electronic device, the first device identification data from the matrix barcode image;

    obtaining, by the mobile electronic device, mobile device identification data that identifies the mobile electronic device; and

    transmitting a message, by the mobile electronic device, to a device manager server, the message including the first device identification data, the mobile device identification data and a request to associate the mobile device identification data with the preexisting subscriber account associated with the first device identification data.

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